NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 92% higher texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 26.4 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 240 vs 96
2.6x better floating-point performance: 673.9 gflops vs 264 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.3x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 384 MB
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1378 vs 330
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3195 vs 3128
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3195 vs 3128

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 January 2009 vs 31 January 2008
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec vs 26.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 96
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops vs 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 384 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1378 vs 330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3195 vs 3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3195 vs 3128

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 219 Watt
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 121 vs 63

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 219 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	121 vs 63

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1378

330

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3195

3128

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3195

3128

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	1378	330
PassMark - G2D Mark	63	121
Geekbench - OpenCL	23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3195	3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3195	3128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G92
Launch date	15 January 2009	31 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1225	1259
Price now	$119.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	96
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec	26.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	229 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	384 MB
Memory bandwidth	127.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI